Check out Evaluate(). If you trust the content, it'll work nicely. Adrian
-----Original Message----- From: Derek Hedstrom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 September 2008 21:32 To: CF-Newbie Subject: Outputting a variable in a variable I have a page in which the content is to contain a CF variable: Some page text: #foo#. Some more page text. I am storing the contents of this page in a database. I query the database and set the results in #bar#: <CFQUERY NAME="bar" DATASOURCE="#Application.Datasource#"> SELECT content FROM view WHERE ID = <cfqueryparam value="#Attributes.RecordID#" cfsqltype="cf_sql_integer" maxLength="2"> </CFQUERY> I can query my database and output #bar# as the text of the page, but I want the variable #foo# to also be parsed. How can I get #foo# to be parsed on the page? TIA, derekhed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Newbie/message.cfm/messageid:4010 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Newbie/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.15
